grasping for the wind

Grasping for the Wind

Part 2

“No matter what happens in this life, at the end, it all goes

back in the box.”

“No matter what happens in this life, at the end, it all goes

back in the box.”

The Story of a Rich Man

The Story of a Rich Man

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The Story of a Rich Man

See Luke 12:16-21

Fool

The Story of a Rich Man

“But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’” Luke 12:20

Fool

The Story of a Rich Man

He was a fool because he became rich in the wrong

things.

Fool

Matthew 6:19

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal”

Ecclesiastes 2:10-11“Whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, for my heart rejoiced in all my labor; and this was my reward from all my labor. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done and on the labor in which I had toiled; and indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind. There was no profit under the sun.”

The Goal of Life“So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.” Luke 12:21

The Goal of Life“So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.” Luke 12:21

BE RICH TOWARD GOD

“I go around doing nothing but persuading both young and old not to care for your body or your wealth in preference to your soul.” Socrates

1 Timothy 6:10

“For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”

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My Action ItemExamine myself and see

what treasures am I living for?

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